Antirattle-fastening for doors and the like.



E. I. DECKER.

ANTIRATTLE FASTENING FOR DOORS AND THE LlKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. I9I4.

LEG'EJM. :Patent-ed Jan. 11, 1916.

ein frame raras EDWARD J'. DECKER, 0F LANSOWNE, PENNSYZLVANA, ASSIGNOR T0 VIRGNEA.

BROQKS DECKER, 0F LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

ANTIRATTLE-FASTENING FOR'DOOBS AND THE LIKE.

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To all whom, 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. Dnonnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lansdowne, in the' county of ,Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Antirattle-Fastening for Doors and the like, -of which the following is a specification.

One object of the present invention is to prevent rattling of doors and the like, for example, by my invention automobile or motor doors when closed are continuously subjected to a tightening wedging action and are therefore silent. 4

Another object of the invention isl to provide convenient means for unlocking the doors and permitting them to automatically relock when closed with a continuing wedgelike tightening effect.

According tothe invention the sliding bolt which locks the door and'jamb or frame members is compelled to exert a continuing sidewise wedging or clamping action by means ofsuitable abutments on one of said members and by means of wedge-like mechanism and guides, so 'that rattling is prevented.

. The invention will be claimed at the end hereof, but 'will be first described in con-- nection with the embodiments of it chosen for illustration in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a sectional view,- taken on the line l.`1 of Fig. 2, and illustrating features of the invention. Fig. 2, is an elevational View, partly in section, illustrating an antirattle fastening for doors and the like embodying features of the invention, and lFig. 3, is a sectional view, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. d

There are, of course, two elements of which one is movable in respect to the other.

. One of these elements may be referred to as the door frame 1,'but it includes the keeper 2, that-'is to say, the frame and the keeper may be regarded as constituting one structure and the other element 3, may be referred to as the door, although it includes the housing 4, so that the door 3 and the housing el may be regarded as one structure. One of these elements, for example, the frame element is provided with two. abutments. As shown in Fig. 1, these abutments 5 and 6 are formed by the side walls of the kee er 7.

Referring to Figs. l to 3, 8 is a boil: for

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. it, lime.

Application flied November 2e, 1914. Serial No. 873,675.

securing the elements l and 3, or in other words foi' locking the door and said bolt consists of two parts. The ends 9 and l0 of these parts are spread and continually press upon the abutments 5 and 6 thereby exerting a wedge-like action. The spring `11 always in' compression acts continually to spread the ends 9 and 10 laterally against or bet'ween the abutments 5 and 6. l2 are guides for the two parts of the wedge or bolt 8, as is also the part 13 arranged between the two parts. It is evident that the part 13 coperating with the inclined or wedge faces of the two parts of the bolt or wedge 8 tends to spread the ends '9 and l0 and cause them to rmly bind on the abutit extends through an opening 1G made icy` notching the respective members of the bolt or wedge. There is a catch shown to consist of a spring actuated lever 17 having a projection 1S adapted to ride on the face of a projection 19 on the lever 14. and to enter a socket 20 on the lever 14. This catch is also provided with a stud 21 which projects into range of some part as 22 of the fixed member 1. To unlock the door the lever 14 is drawn toward the left in Fig. 1, with the result that the bolt or wedge 8 is shifted toward the left against its spring 11 and when this is done the end's 9 and 10 recede from the abutments 5 and 6 and no longer exert pressure upon them. The continued movement of the lever 14 toward the left draws the ends 9 and 10 clear of the abutment 5, while at the same time the projection'lS enters the socket 2O and locks the parts in their eX- treme left-hand position. The door can then be opened. Upon closing the ,door the pro- `iection 21 striking the part 22 shifts the lever 1 7 so that its projection 18 clears the socket 20 and thus releases the hand lever 14, which under the influence of the spring 11 and along with the bolt or wedge 8 returns tothe position shown in Fig. 2 and lili@ again not only locks the door but brings about the described continuous lateral pressufre which insures it being firmly held so that rattling is prevented. The projection 18 rides on the face of the projection 19 of the lever 14:, as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the 1. An anti-rattle fastening for doors and the like comprising the combination of a fixed and a movable element, a two-part sliding wedge bolt on one of said elements, a fixed guide between the parts of the wedge bolt for spreading its projecting end, guides for preventing spreading at the other end of the wedge bolt, spaced abutments on the other element against which the ends of the wedge bolt are spread, and a spring continuously acting to spread the ends of the wedge bolt.

An anti- `attlefastening for doors and the like comprising the combination of a fixed and a movable element of which one is provided with two abutments, a two-part slidablc locking member adapted to be spread between the abutments, and means operating upon said sliding member and tending to continuously spread itsparts and maintain a wedgingv action, substantially7 as described.

3. An anti-rattlt fastening for doors and the like comprising the combination of two elements of which one is movable with respect to the other, two abutments on one of said elements, a continuous spring acting sliding wedge mechanism on the other of said elements adapted to exert lateral wet ging action in respect to said abutments and whereby rattling is avoided, a hand lever for ret-raeting the wedge bolt, and a latch adapted to engage the hand lever and to be released by contact vwith one of the elements to free the lever.

4. An anti-rattle fastening for doors and the like comprising the combination of a fixed and a movable element, two relatively fixed abutments on one of said elements. a sliding wedge bolt on the other of said elements adapted to exert its wedging actioi sidewise between said abutments, a continuously acting spring and guides for causing the wedge bolt to continue to exert such wedging action, a hand lever for retracting the wedge bolt, and a latch adapted to engage the hand lever and to be released by contact with one of the elements to free the lever.

5. An anti-rattle fastening for doors and the like comprising the combination of a fixed and a movable element, two relatively fixed abutments on one of said elements, wedge bolt guides on the other element, a sliding wedge bolt adapted to exert a sidewise wedging action between said abutments and to wedge itself against said guides, a-

continuously acting spring for causing the wedge bolt to continue to exert such wedging action, a hand lever for retracting the wedge bolt, and a latch adapted to engage the hand lever and to be-released by contact with one of the elements and to free the lever.

6. A n anti-rattle fastening for doors and the like comprising the combination ofv a fixed and a movable e ement, a twospart sliding wedge bolt on one of said elements, a fixed guide between the parts of the wedge bolt for spreading its projecting end, guides for preventing spreading at the other end of the wedge bolt, spaced abutments on ,the other element against which the endsof the wedge bolt are spread, a spring continuously acting to spread the ends of the wedge bolt,

a hand lever for retracting the wedge bolt,

and a latch adapted to engage the hand lever and to be released by contact with one of the elements to free the lever'.

7. An anti-rattle fastening for doors an the like comprising the embination of a fixed and a movable element, of which one is provided with two abutments, a two-part slidable locking member adapted to be spread between the abutments, means operating upon said sliding member and tending to continuously spread' its parts and maintain awedging acti-on, a hand lever for retracting lthe wedge bolt, and a latch adapted to engage the hand lever and to be released by contact with one of thev elements to free the lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name. 

